Jerry Sackett also began volunteering in 2011 and is the unsung hero constantly working behind the scenes to build and maintain our Mandarins transportation fleet and corps warehouse. One of his first contributions was to organize the corps warehouse. Applying his warehouse management expertise he worked to partition the warehouse and even built the racking system that is still in place today. When the corps made the decision to transform from a box truck fleet to a semi trailer fleet, Jerry was all-in and tackled the inspection, purchase, planning, and building of the Dragon (the Mandarins equipment trailer). In fact, his back ramp design became a DCI standard that has been copied multiple times across the country. When the corps wanted to make the move to a food trailer, Jerry again dove in and researched other corps, rented a trailer to gain experience, and then worked on the purchase, design and build of Mushu. It is thanks to Jerry that the Mandarins always has what it needs to be successful on the road.
